''Sporormia'' is a genus of
fungi
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in the family
Sporormiaceae
The Sporormiaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Pleosporales. Taxa have a cosmopolitan distribution and are saprobic on dung (Coprophilous fungi, coprophilous) and rotting vegetation.
Description
The Sporo ...
and part of the phylum
Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...
. It is morphologically distinct from other genera in this family due to the orientation of cylindrical ascospores contained in a gelatinous sheath within the
asci of the
fruitbody. It is mostly known for being
coprophilous but known to utilize wood as a substrate as well.
Species List
As of 2024, 30 species within the ''Sporormia'' genera were recognized by the
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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.
This list is alphabetized.
-''S. articulata''
-''S. brassicae''
-''S. carpinea''
-''S. chrysospora''
-''S. deserticola''
-''S. disjuncta''
-''S.fimetaria''
-''S. fimicola''
-''S. globosa''
-''S. leguminosa''
-''S. leptosphaerioides''
-''S. longipes''
-''S. marchaliana''
-''S. millingtoniae''
-''S. mirabilis''
-''S. nepalensis''
-''S. notarisii''
-''S. octoloculata''
-''S. ourasca''
-''S. pentamera''
-''S. pithyophila''
-''S. promiscua''
-''S. pulchra''
-''S. reticosa''
-''S. roumeguerei''
-''S. subticinensis''
-''S. transvaalensis''
-''S. tuberculata''
-''S. ulmicola''
-''S. variabilis''
References
Pleosporales
Taxa named by Giuseppe De Notaris
{{Pleosporales stub